1999 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 203 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Lincoln Town Car. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. After that come brakes (12%) and suspension (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 203 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 90,000 miles 105 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 16 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 16 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 105 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 90,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 101,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 24 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 17 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (94 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving 58 MPH another vehicle broadside my vehicle on drivers side door. Upon impact side door seat air bag failed to deploy. Frontal air bags deployed. Driver was knocked sideways towards door and window in vehicle and sustained injuries. Vehicle was totalled.
We were hit by two vehicles broadside /passenger door the front airbags deployed but the side airbags did not respond.
Tl* the contact owned a 1999 lincoln town car. While driving approximately 25 MPH in heavy rain, the vehicle hydroplaned and crashed with a flat bed tow truck. None of the frontal air bags deployed. The police department was present, but a report was not filed. The contact and a passenger were transported to the hospital by ambulance, treated, and released. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot and later deemed destroyed by the insurance company. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer.
I was driving down a public street not even going the speed limit and I came to the stop light my car acted like it didn't wanna go I got it to a parking spot and it burst to a ball of flames I had no previous symptoms and the car was driving fine it had just gotten to halfway mark on my heat gauge. I think it may have been the plastic intake manifold melted maybe?
This was a spontaneous failure of a cast aluminum wheel. Original equipment. It was not heat related, nor was there any kind of impact or collision. The wheel had not suffered any kind of previous damage. The tire is still in perfect condition. The rim exploded after a failure of the floor of the wheel. I have pictures.